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Do Teacher and Classroom Characteristics Affect the Way in Which Girls and Boys Are Graded? A Multilevel Analysis of Student-Teacher Matched Data
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Lievore, Ilaria; Triventi, Moris – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2023
Teachers' evaluations of students do not consider only academic competence, but are imbued with social considerations related to individual teacher and student characteristics, their interactions, and the surrounding context. The aim of this paper is understanding the extent to which teachers grade girls more generously than boys, and which…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Grade 10, Teacher Characteristics
Understanding Gender Disproportion and Influences on Subject Choice in Physical Health Education: A British Columbia High School Case Study
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April St. Louis; Manu Sharma – Sport, Education and Society, 2024
The aim of this qualitative case study is to examine the phenomenon of female students' disproportionate representation in senior level Physical Health Education (PHE) classes. The subject for this teacher's Masters level project arose from the first author's personal observations while teaching across several schools in British Columbia, Canada.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Females, Grade 9
Trajectories of Discrimination across Adolescence: Associations with Academic, Psychological, and Behavioral Outcomes
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Diane Hughes; Juan Del Toro; Jessica F. Harding; Niobe Way; Jason R. D. Rarick – Grantee Submission, 2016
The authors explored trajectories of perceived discrimination over a 6-year period (five assessments in 6th-11th grade) in relation to academic, behavioral, and psychological adjustment in 8th and 11th grades. They distinguished discrimination from adults versus peers in addition to overt versus covert discrimination from peers. The sample…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Ethnic Groups, Racial Discrimination, Gender Discrimination
Trajectories of Discrimination across Adolescence: Associations with Academic, Psychological, and Behavioral Outcomes
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Diane Hughes; Juan Del Toro; Jessica F. Harding; Niobe Way; Jason R. D. Rarick – Child Development, 2016
The authors explored trajectories of perceived discrimination over a 6-year period (five assessments in 6th-11th grade) in relation to academic, behavioral, and psychological adjustment in 8th and 11th grades. They distinguished discrimination from adults versus peers in addition to overt versus covert discrimination from peers. The sample…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Ethnic Groups, Racial Discrimination, Gender Discrimination
Should Educators and Parents Encourage Other-Gender Interactions? Gender Segregation and Sexism
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Keener, Emily; Mehta, Clare; Strough, JoNell – Gender and Education, 2013
We investigated gender differences in the association between gender-segregated peer preferences and sexism in adolescents (15-17 years, 60 boys and 85 girls). To assess gender-segregated peer preferences, adolescents nominated peers for interaction in two contexts: "hanging out" at home and working on a school project. The Modern Sexism…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Peer Relationship, Gender Bias, Adolescents
A Longitudinal Examination of Parenting Behaviors and Perceived Discrimination Predicting Latino Adolescents' Ethnic Identity
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Umana-Taylor, Adriana J.; Guimond, Amy B. – Developmental Psychology, 2010
Characteristics of the familial and societal context were examined as predictors of Latino adolescents' (N = 323; 49.5% female) ethnic identity. Consistent with previous work, familial ethnic socialization significantly predicted future levels of ethnic identity exploration, resolution, and affirmation for both male adolescents and female…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Socialization, Adolescents, Gender Discrimination